THE pensioner, who is not being named, was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences in connection with the Jimmy Savile investigation.

He was quizzed on suspicion of sexual
offences and is one of 11 people held as part of Operation Yewtree – the Metropolitan Police’s investigation into alleged offending by the former BBC DJ and others.

A close showbiz friend of the 82-year-old celebrity, who we are not naming, told yesterday how he is in “excruciating agony” after being questioned by specialist detectives over the allegations until close to midnight on Thursday.

According to the friend, who is in close contact with the family, the arrest has left him “in a fragile state”.

“This
is destroying him. He’s in agony and at his wits’ end,” said the pal. “He’s a private man and is tormented by what’s happened.